Watch an Army Vet Take Down Casino Robber Wearing a Batman Mask

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — It was past midnight last summer when former U.S. soldier Elliot Montalvan unexpectedly drew on his Army combat training at a casino in the small Bavarian town of Heidingsfeld. A 48-year-old masked, armed man entered the gambling hall where Montalvan was working. When Montalvan, 35, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, saw the robber approaching him, he thought it was a joke. The man was wearing working gloves, a ski mask, a Batman mask and a scarf. The perpetrator, who was not named by German authorities, was sentenced on Jan. 30 to three years and three months in prison for attempted armed robbery, with help from Montalvan’s testimony. On Monday, Montalvan shared the story and a surveillance video of how he took the robber down. “I thought someone wanted to play a prank on me,” Montalvan said. But then he heard the guy saying in German: “Give ...